MLB Studs: The Nationals, for wearing Virginia Tech hats yesterday in their 6-4 loss to the Braves. (Affirming that sometimes, a team can claim victory, even in defeat. I've never been prouder to be a Nats fan. All 4 weeks of it.)

MLB Duds: The Cardinals, whose 6-7 start is the worst by a defending W.S. champ since the '98 Marlins. (But these Cards weren't imploded in the offseason like that Florida team was, so what's their excuse?)

Matsuzaka Watch: 10 Ks in 6 IP will be forgotten after his bases-loaded walk sent home Toronto's game-winning run. (But don't blame Dice-K: That was in the 4th inning; where was Boston's vaunted lineup to score more than 1 stinking run?)

Sosa Watch: Well, of COURSE Sammy hit a home run in his return to Chicago. Too perfect.

NBA Regular-Season Finale: The Warriors basically have a play-in game tonight. They can lock up the 8-spot in the West with a win over Portland. (Don't the Blazers have a vested interest in making sure their rising division rival makes the playoffs and doesn't enter the Draft Lottery, where GSW has even a smidgen of a chance of walking away with a franchise player?) Meanwhile, I know the Warriors beat a tanking Mavs team, but I still like GoldenState to upset Dallas in the first round of the playoffs. (GSW swept DAL this season.)

(Of course, the Warriors could actually vault the Lakers into 7th if GSW wins and L.A. loses to the Kings. Warriors-Suns would tilt the scoreboard; Kobe-Cuban would tilt the media machine.)

NBA East: Wow, the Wizards are struggling enough that the 6-, 7- and 8-seeds are all up for grabs in tonight's season finale, meaning the 1-, 2- and 3-seeds don't know who they are playing yet. (Whoops: We don't even know who the top seeds will be; the Cavs could still get the 2-seed.)

NBA: Jerry West leaving Grizzlies. Well, that happened about 3 years after I thought it would. (Ah, yes: But will he regret it when they land Oden or Durant? Maybe he's got one more blockbuster trade in him to ship out Pau Gasol for a totally revitalized roster.)

More NBA: David Stern banishes ref Joey Crawford indefinitely, including the playoffs. That's for effing with Tim Duncan. (Actually, that's Stern asserting his authority and enhancing his already substantial cred with the fans, teams, players... and refs.)

NBA Draft: By winning last night, the Hawks have assured themselves of the 4th-worst record in the league. If the Ping-Pong balls follow, they will have just won their way into giving the Suns the No. 4 pick in the Draft. Forget losing: The Hawks can't even WIN right.

NFL Draft: I saw a Mock where the Texans got RB Adrian Peterson. That would be smart (even with their signing of Ahman Green in the offseason).

Is it possible that the combination of Peterson and DE Mario Williams is better than the woulda-coulda-shoulda combo of Reggie Bush and the best-available '07 DE (say Adam Carriker or Jamaal Anderson)? Who's going to argue that Bush is a better every-down RB than Peterson?

(On second thought, forget it: He won't last until Houston at No. 10. Pro Football Talk is throwing the 7-spot – Vikings - out there, if Peterson isn't gone earlier via trade-up.)

College Football: Wait, is the NCAA really going to get rid of the "unlimited text" plan for hard-working coaches? That must set a record for reactivity by the NCAA. (But get this: They're going to allow the coaches to continue to email players unlimitedly. Guess what: A coach with a Blackberry can email a kid with a Blackberry or EnV or Treo or whatever just as easily as he can text him.)

Arena League QB throws 800 TDs: I'm a day late on this, but if the Pro Football Hall of Fame is going to consider Warren Moon's CFL career in judging his Hall bonafides, wouldn't this Arena QB at least merit a sniff? (To position yourself as the Hall for ALL things Pro Football and not have the most prolific Arena player in it seems wrong.)

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TANK ALERT - Minnesota needs to lose tonight to assure that they are going to get a top 10 pick in the NBA Draft. If they win and they do not get a pick in the Top 10 they lose there draft pick because of a trade they made and this years pick is protected in the top ten.

The Nats wearing the VT hats last night was pretty special. It was actually suggested by a fan, so the team ordered them late in the afternoon. First Nats game I miss all season and they do something like that...

cmfost, I thought the wolves had a bottom ten finish wrapped up. If I am looking at it correctly they cannot catch Philly in the 11th spot.

Wild hockey last night...great game other than all the cheap shots missed by the refs, both ways. The fight at the end can be put on the refs letting the game get out of hand, IMO. There's nothing better that 20,000 fans chanting "Boogard" at the end of a game. Jacques Lemaire (coach) had perfect timing in sending the enforcer out to send a message....that he is our only big guy.

Dan, totally off topic but completely relevant in my opinion. You should do something about the look of your site. Checking out KSK and a few others, they have color mixed in and all that junk. It's much easier on the eyes then the white, especially when you're staring at a computer screen all day. Any chance we can work on that buddy?

Todd:Take it easy on Jeff Weaver, he has a specific role with the M's: wear out the other team's bats the day before F Her pitches. Besides, it's not everyday a pitcher lowers his ERA 14.75 points in one outing (30.5 to 15.75).

I hated the Virginia Tech speech. I heard it on the radio on the drive home yesterday. It was a memorial service, not a pep rally. If I had a friend or family member killed, I would have been deeply offended.

I just read Granderson's blog post and he has quickly become one of my favorite non-Orioles. I have been reading his blog since opening day and have been entertained. This morning I read it and I was moved. Very good guy.

The Nets just passed the Wizards (well tied and own the tie-breaker) and get Toronto now in the first round if they win their last game. Whoever gets the Wizards in the first round is going to be very happy.

Rangers pulled out two close 1 goal games in Atlanta and then demolished them last night in NY 7-0. Talk about Altanta being totally demoralized. I love the hats being thrown on the ice for the hat trick.

Being a casual hockey fan, I am probably one of the few people who can root for both the Rangers and Islanders. Most local hockey fans despise one of the two teams.

Guy, your little joke calling the NL the "Quad A" is completely retarded. This isn't the first time I've heard it and I'm sure it won't be the last, but at least the NL plays a real form of baseball. The DH is completely against the traditions of baseball. Those guys don't even play defense. I barely consider them baseball players when they only play half the game.

I'd go to see Maddux pitch once, if I knew he was going to be on that day (that's part of the vote against him at this point, I suppose)....that sun-pop double in the 5th killed his chance at a win (did someone say fantasy roster?) yesterday. I have seen Wakefield pitch, that was more fun than anything to be in awe of. That works better with good seats so you can appreciate the movement.

I wonder how many Rangers fans are thinking, hmmmm....win 2 close ones, then a rout in the third game...this is just like....uh oh!

@Andy, without rehasing an argument from a couple weeks ago, the AL has just dominated the NL in the past few years. Since then I found a great article describing the disparity between the leagues in 2006.

And you can cry all you want about the DH, but I think that baseball is a better sport with guys like Ortiz and Hafner. Also, who wants to see pitchers hit?

I'd rather see Hafner and Ortiz if they were also playing somewhere in the field. When you think of the best players of all time, who do you think of? You think of the Babe Ruth's and the Ted Williams'. Those guys were not only great hitters but also great fielders, and in Ruth's case, a pretty good pitcher, too. I'm sorry but a complete baseball player plays defense. Hafner and Ortiz will never be considered a complete player in my opinion until they play in the field. I personally think they're a bunch of cowards to not play in the field. If they aren't very good, practice. Get better. I will guarentee you that Ortiz or Hafner or Thome will NEVER make it to the Hall of Fame.

Good call Verbal, I'd definitely pick Sheets over Schilling. Though if I weren't a Sox fan, the opportunity to heckle Schilling might be worth it, right?

Also, I think Thome has a chance at the Hall if he can put together 2 or 3 more solid seasons, but I think his injuries really hindered his chances. Plus he gets lost in the steroid era, as his contemporaries (Bagwell, McGwire, Palmeiro, etc., all have had crazy stats). Ortiz and Hafner were both late bloomers, so I couldn't see either of them going for that. But it's not because they're DHs.

Pitching is slightly more difficult than any other aspect of the game. Me? I can hit a baseball. But I can't throw one more than pry 70 MPH and can't get any movement on it. So pitchers deserve a heck of a lot of credit. DH's don't even play half the game. They play, well, say 4-5 AB's out of let's say an average of 40 AB's per game and that's 10%. They play 10% of the game.

I'll also criticize Prior and Wood all the time and have. I'm sick of them. But you know what? We finally have a pitching staff that isn't counting on them. I personally love the Cubs' current staff.

And I'd like to see Zambrano or Arroyo hit anyday. They may be the exception, but I'd still say they're more of a baseball player than a DH.

If pitchers weren't babied into not hitting all along their development, a few more of them might hit .200. Nothing sickens me like hearing a pitcher was sent up and told not to swing. I think having pitchers who can and do hit provides a strategical advantage over teams whose pitchers can't. How about when D-Train hit 7th a couple of years ago?

It's like when Clemens was losing all those 1-0 games for Houston. You want runs? Make your own runs.

I do want to see pitchers hit, and more importantly, I want to see them TRY to hit.

Here's a perfect example for the argument against the DH: Edgar Martinez. He's probably the best DH to ever play (yes, better than Ortiz or Hafner) with a .418 career OBP, but many, if not most, analysists and writers say he won't get in the Hall when he's elidgible in 2009 because he was a DH and rarely played in the field.

A pep rally it wasn't. A rallying cry, however, is what the people of Virginia Tech needed. When something happens that so many people can't find the words to describe, you fall back on the simplest unifying things.I would have been one to scoff too, had it been somewhere else. But that is what was needed here yesterday.

Smoltz, Glavine, and Maddux were all pretty good during the Braves' run. Smoltz probably the best of the three, but they were all good bunters, if nothing else. Hell, most shortstops these days can't even bunt right.

Even if Edgar played 1B, his "counting stats" aren't good enough to get him in the HOF anyway. Edgar was only top-5 in MVP voting once, and hit only 309 HRs. Solid, very good player, yep. HOFer, no.

I will agree that there should be a different standard for a DH to get in the HOF, but I wouldn't say it's patently impossible. They'd just have to compare favorably with some of the elite 1B of all-time.

In what was one of the most memorable moments in National Hockey League draft history, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Bobby Clarke began announcing his first round pick at the 2006 Entry Draft before pausing to seemingly confirm the name of their pick.

The confusion created an interesting story line but for Claude Giroux, the confusion didn't take anything away from the accomplishment.

"I wasn't really sure," Giroux said when asked if he thought the Flyers might have been changing their pick. "I was hoping they weren't going to change their mind but he just forgot my name."

I would agree that if I were not an O's fan that I'd go see Eric Bedard and Daniel "the heat" Cabrera.

On the NL being Quad-A...It's just that there are less good hitters and less good pitchers. Look at the interleague records. My must see list is 7 AL and 3 NL. It's just a reality. Don't give me the Cards. When the regular season ended they were like the 11th best team in baseball. They wouldn't have contedned in the AL.

The whole "the NL has the world series champ" arguement is weak. The Heat won the NBA title last year and I don't hear anyone saying the East is better than the West. In a series anything can happen and the best teams don't always win.

Anyone see that Ortiz-Posada commerical for espn? This absolutely cracked me up. Here's the link.

OK, Jhawk, I have to say that that statement was dumb when you said "In a series anything can happen and the best teams don't always win". If a team beats another team, they are the better team. That's the whole concept of sports. The better team is the team that wins. If that's not the case, than this whole thing we call competition is worthless and paying attention to sports is pointless.

The winning team is ALWAYS the better team. That is exactly why they won. If the losing team were really better, then they wouldn't have lost.

I'm not trying to offend you by saying that statement was dumb either. I make dumb statemtns all the time.

The point I'm trying to make is that the argument of one team being better is irrelevant. It is all relative because it changes every time they play. Were the Cowboys better than the SB winning Redskins?? ABsolutely, on that particular day. The next time they played or time before that, which ever it happens to be, they weren't. It's all relative though to that particular day/game/series though. Were the Cardinals the best team last year? Yes, because they played the best when it mattered. I'm a Cubs fan so you know I hate saying that but it's true. Were the Cards better than the Yankees?? Yes, because they beat the Tigers, who beat the Yankees. Whether you like it or not, that is the truth.

Why is this so hard to understand?? The Cardinals beat the Mets in the NLCS. By logic, they are the better team. I don't give a hoot what the regular season series looked like because the championship is determined in the playoffs, not the regular season. If the championship is the whole point of sports, which it is, then by logic and basic common sense, the Cardinals were the best team last year.

For the millionth time,The Cards didn't just get lucky last October, they got healthy too. Too many people get hung up on the 83 wins and forget that they rolled through the first half of the season before Pujols went down for 3 weeks, and then everyone else started getting hurt.

The playoff lineup (ie, the everyday lineup) was used only 5 times after the trade deadline.

How come there are no closers on the list? What about Francisco Rodriguez or Bobby Jenks - two young studs that bring the heat and an assortment of pitches? Or even Lidge if your team is trailing in the late innings.

To say the Mavs tanked last night is just plain dumb. They have secured the #1 seed and would be bucking a trend if they didn't rest their best players when they have nothing to gain by playing them in the final remaining games.

You do make a valid point, that we hadn't seen a relatively healthy Cards team down the stretch. But, they did also get lucky, in that Jeff Weaver somehow pitched the games of his life out of nowhere, that Isringhausen got hurt which arguably made them better, and also that the Mets were far from healthy (no Pedro, no El Duque, a hobbling Cliff Floyd).

But you do make a solid point in distinguishing the Cards as being healthy in the postseason.

I still strongly disagree that they were the best team in baseball last season, but you do make a very valid point. And the transitive property does not work in sports. Can't we all agree on that?

Hmm... I just thought of a good argument the NL-homers can use for the NL getting better.

Jeff Weaver went from the NL to the AL.

That automatically improves the NL, doesn't it?

But here's the thing about the NL last year, while I understand the Cards were hurt, it doesn't change the fact that a team that won 83 games last year made the playoffs. Considering they were in the same division with 2 of the worst teams last year (Pitt and the Cubs), and played the worst team in MLB during interleague 6 times (KC), it doesn't say a whole lot for the NL if its largest division was that weak.

Tbender, was Pujols out during the interleague games against the White Sox and Indians?

I agree TBender, they had Pujols. No team could be "bad" with Albert Pujols.

Still though, you can let us all in on a secret now, it really was Jered Weaver pitching for you guys, right? I mean, there's no frickin' way that was Jeff Weaver. And Detroit's pitchers making all those errors?

But they did play very well when it mattered. And no matter what we say, the Cards still got their rings.

I will still argue though that the World Series is just too small a sample size compared to interleague play in determining which league is better.

Don't forget C.C. Sabathia in your pitchers to watch. He is a giant out there and can gas it but has learned to pitch to spots and slow down if he has to. Since the end of '05 he has definitely been one of the best pitchers and his wins have only suffered due to bad luck with the bulpen blowing games.

As a stranger in this Country, I don't understand, how cops couldn't do better job? Hundreds cops and SVAT tim and even students couldn't stoop only one person who wasn't professional soldier or trained to kill? He killed 33 people in front of higgle trained Home land security professionals? And what could happened if there wasn't only one shutter, if he didn't kill him self, or he was enemy solder trend to kill. I think, a lat of mistake are made here and a lat of question must be answered.

But now, everything is clear: if this Country have so smart generals like you Mister Repings Wine, then what can we expect from soldier like Mister Vinn Marine. This is my respond to you, and now I tell you my opinion about this event:

- "THEY WERE AT WRONG PLACE AT WRONG TIME" president Bush set speaking about 33 people dead at Virginia Tech.

- How "COLLEGE" can be a "WRONG PLACE" and "STUDYING" at " WRONG TIME"? It is just shameless cowering of failure of this administration to make americens safe in there homes. Innocent people are paying price for that. Do something. America. Just changing politic, the leaders, and way of interacting with rest of the World after WWII, made Germany the most prestigious country at World today. Wake up America. "COLLEGE" newer was "WRONG PLACE" and " STUDY " NEWER WAS " at "WRONG TIME" (except in middle age) , but "OUR KNOWLEDGE" can be late, and price what 33 fallen heros at Virginia Tech payed, is to high. But, like all heros, they tried and they succeeded, living this world with powerful message : Coexistence and Peace at Earth. Make your choice. You have so many good choices in next presidential election, and I hope, your choice will be "Peace". And do not forget, I am telling you from refugees experience: only truly democrats can build democracy and make Peace work. White, black, women,.. Doesn't matter if Country or peace is in question. - "Let America be America again"...

My condolences to You, to fallen American Heros families, and to all Mankind. It is really planetary tragedy for all of as. Ibrahim Pelesic

I'm a Cardinals fan and I will tell you their excuse...they were not a good team last year. They just caught the breaks and played well through October. They didn't improve. I'm not surprised by this start at all.

Ibrahim, don't EVER use the Va Tech Massacre to make a stupid political statement. Politics had nothing to do with what happened in Blacksburg. It was hard enough reading your statement with the broken english of yours, and I'm not trying to criticize you for that, but what you said really made my blood boil. President Bush, for all of his mistakes, did and said the right things yesterday, if there even are right things to say.

In some sports, there is a higher likelihood of the better team winning most games. In other sports, a strong individual effort could easily propel a much weaker team against the better team. For example, last year, Ramon Ortiz had a no-hitter through 8 1/3 against the Cardinals late in the season when the Cardinals line-up was getting healthy. The Nats won the game (Pujols hit a monster homerun in the 9th).

I say, the sport where an individual performance could most change the outcome of a game is hockey... My rank order is this:1. Hockey -- a hot goalie can carry a team all the way through the playoffs even.2. Baseball -- Maddux and Pedro both have Cy Young awards on losing teams3. Basketball -- but it isn't a gimme -- the Lakers were 6-6 in Kobe's streak of averaging almost 40.4. Football -- Really hard for a single player to have much impact. Even Brady and Manning have been let down by their defense (which they can't control) giving up more points than they could score....

The sport where a single player can dominate the most is in basketball. In a single baseball game it is the pitcher but since a pitcher can't throw 9 innings every day or hit more than once every nine ABs, I got with basketball. Let us say a Div III college team plays a high school team with on pro on the high school team.

Put the top goalie in the NHL on the High School team and they still lose. Put the top MLB pitcher on a HS team and he probably shuts down a college team but can only do it for one game but they probably get shut out as well. However put Kobe on a high school team and I bet they can beat almost any Div II or III college.

The game without the DH (i.e. national league) has a lot more strategy. Do you replace your pitcher now or have him finish the inning and pinch hit for him? Double switches, a lot more thinking goes into it. That said, I cheer for an AL team (White Sox) and enjoy that just as much because there is no "sure" out and there is usually more offense ... which leads to the AL being better than the NL in head to head match-ups recently. At least that is my opinion.

As far as pitchers to see live ... the first time I saw Jenks pitch live was early on in 2005 when he had just moved into the closer role. I tell you what - it was impressive. Even during the warm-ups he caused a stir in the crowd. He broke 100 on his first couple of pitches then threw a breaking pitch that had a ton of movement and was upper 80's.

Hey, has anyone here ever found batting cages that will throw more than 80? Most places I go don't even have a machine throwing that fast. And then they told me that they "recreate" the 70 mph machine by shrinking the distance from the standard 60.5 feet, so that you have the same reaction time despite the slower pitches. (time = distance / rate, for you algebra 1 fans)

Grizzlies @ T'Wolves 8:00T'Wolves, Knicks, and Blazers are all tied for 6th worst record. If they all lose and tie for that spot their will be a ping pong lottery to see what order they go in. If the T'Wolves come out 8th they could end up being 11th in the draft lottery and would lose their pick to the Clippers in the Marko Jaric for Sam Cassel trade. Let's just say that the T'Wolves have to lose to the worst team at home.

Lakers @ Kings 10:00Lakers need a win to lock up the 7th seed and play the Suns (rematch). If they lose and Warriors win they fall to 8th and play the Mavericks.

Warriors @ Blazers 10:00Warriors need win to lock up 8 spot. If they lose and Clippers win they miss the playoffs. For scenario with Lakers see Lakers @ Kings.

How is it that the Knicks will lose 50 games again, out of the playoffs again, have traded away their #1 pick for a lower pick, have no room in the salary cap and the mastermind of all that just got a 5 year extension? Also Dolan will only bring in Jerry West if it is OK with Isiah. I honestly am just dumbfounded. How can Dolan, the owner of the Knicks, be so stupid? Is there something I just don't get.

Anyway, I am rooting for the Nets in the East and Denver in the West. I would like to see the Mavs win it all as well which is more realistic than the Nets or Nuggets.

In the USC-Texas game, there were actually 2 QBs who played well and were letdown by their defense. Remember, Texas won, but USC even had another chance at the end and the Texas defense (or what I like to call the Leinhart choke factor) kicked in and Texas prevailed. Remember, USC was moving again after VY's last TD. And Leinhart's only win in college in a game decided by 3 or less was the ND-Reggie Bush push game.

I watched the Dice-K game last night, and he showed impressive command and a sneaky fastball. He also benefited (leading to the 10K's) from a wide strike zone, which probably also was key in Chacin and the Jays holding the Sox to 1 run.

And I may be wrong on this, but I thought I heard somewhere (may be Peter King) that while it is called the Pro Football Hall of Fame they had been instructed not to consider CFL accomplishments.

Actually in that cage they don't let you use aluminum in the 80 or 90 cage. Leads to the ball coming off hard. I'm guessing they are scared of what happens if you foul the ball off your knee. It would probobly break.

Once you hit one you can hit a couple, but I played ball so it's easy to remember timing for me. If you never did it would be damn near impossible.

In this clip you see that Grant Hill is playing the piano in the ESPN lobby. The story goes that Grant Hill volunteered to do the commercial but his agent advised him that he shouldn't play the piano on camera because then people will come up to him at events and ask him to play.

The commercial was already written and Grant Hill is a world class piano player. So ESPN had someone come in and record the music and then had Grant Hill move his hands sloppily so that people would think that he CAN'T play the piano. Then, as you can see from the clip, they kept his hands on screen and the keys just off screen to fool people.

The second part was that when they went to film the commercial they needed cash to put into the tip jar on top of the piano. Dan Patrick had cash so he ended up putting 8 dollars in. He has been trying to get those 8 dollars back from Grant hill ever since.

(I bat left-handed but I'm also left-eye dominant, and I wondered if I'd be better off if I were right-eye, since that's closer to the pitcher, instead of my weaker eye sending bad signals to my brain that my left eye can't adjust for in time. Also because when trying to get my timing down, I actually will pick it up better if I switch-hit to righty for a couple of pitches.)

the asshat who blames the shootings on Cho playing Counter-Strike is a total..well...asshat.

Do older people really have such little faith in anyone under 30 that you believe that a video game, or beavis and butthead, or a tarantino movie will inspire someone to gun others down? 2 days after the shootings and the media just seems to be having fun with it as every two-bit 'expert' chimes in from every corner of the country. (though, the Hardball guy did make the 'expert' look pretty silly)

Ouch...King Felix just went down, with something in his knee or leg or something. He got taken out after getting only one out, 2-0 Twins. His velocity was okay but his location was not, leaving a lot of balls up in the zone (which happens with leg injuries)...

In your post, Mr Andy (4/18/2007 ) as respond to my post (4/18/2007) you say: - " WHAT A BOOB THIS IBRAHIM IS,.." - "POLITICS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN BLACKSBURG..." - - "IBRAHIM, DON'T "EVER" USE THE VA TECH MASSACRE TO MAKE A STUPID POLITICAL STATEMENT ..." - "IT WAS HARD ENOUGH READING YOUR STATEMENT WITH THE BROKEN ENGLISH OF YOURS,.." - "THIS IS A SPORTS BLOG. TAKE THAT JUNK SOMEWHERE ELSE ..."

Are you really sure, Mr Andy, that you and Cho Seung-Hui (guy who killed innocent people at VE Tech) are not the product of same social- political environment? Both of you are trying to disqualify or eliminate those who disagree with you and have a different opinion about this world. My opinion is not a "political statement" Mr Andy, ( as stranger, I do not have intentions to run for office in your country) and why do you think is "stupid"? Because it is different then yours, or just, because, you didn't understand my "broken english"? Or, just, because, I am not welcome at your "sport blog" - in "your" country. I didn't use the Va Tech Massacre to make a "stupid political statement", Mr Andy. I am just using freedom of speech (USA Constitution) to express my opinion . I did that before ( in less democratic society then America) I am doing that now, and , I'll do that in future, again, if I have to. And, how do you think to keep me from doing so? - With your gun? ( I am not a student at Va Tech, Mr Andy!?) - With your arrogance? (You can not scare me with your derision and madness, because, I know, Mr Andy, this is just your personality ) - With facts!? That is fair, Mr Andy, but be careful. Even though I speak broken english , my mind is not broken, and I am ready to protect my self in five different ( broken) languages.

My broken English, Mr Andy is not really the reason why is my opinion a "STUPID POLITICAL STATEMENT" to you. Same as killer at VA Tech, ( arrogant , impudent part of this society) you are trying to eliminate everybody who disagrees whit you, or - is not "powerful" and "smart" like you!? It is not enough " be born in America", Mr Andy, to be "powerful" and "smart". ( Cho Seung-Hui and you Mr Andy are god example) To be powerful and smart, you must go at college. But, if college is "the wrong place" ( for You and president Bush) which college will you choose? - "This is sports blog" you are telling me, and "take that junk somewhere else" - you said using excellent English, but, your behavior Mr. Andy is telling me much more about you, then your perfect English, and, I am not sure that next time you wont use different weapons against somebody who is "stupid" like me, or is not a "sports-man" like you. You know, Mister Andy, " sport" is teaching us to "play fair" (in sport and life), but you are not "fair player", what (is not) telling me ( only) that you are not a (good) sportsman. Then, - If you are not a sportsman ( you are asking me , and I am asking you same question): what are you doing here at "sports blog"? - "All people are created equal", Mr Andy, but all people are not dying equal. Some of them are dying as heroes, another, as outlaws, sick, arrogant , stupid products of there's society. Some of them, never die, because, they made huge contribution to there community or they left powerful message behind them to whole humanity ( to those who can understand more then only one - english language). But some of those men, who were "created equal", are dying before they grow up , or before they really were born, and this kind of tragedy is the biggest loss for whole Mankind. My condolences to You Mr. Andy, and , I hope, you have now the answer to your question: "What a boob this Ibrahim is,."

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